AAA Joins IDOT to Host 82 Safety Seat Checkpoints As Part of National Child Passenger Safety Week

AAA, IDOT urge parents to keep children in rear-facing safety seats longer

AURORA, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2011­.  AAA now advises parents of infants and young toddlers to secure their children in rear-facing child safety seats for as long as possible, maxing out the upper weight or height limits of the car seat. Researchers indicate that toddlers are 75 percent less likely to die or be seriously injured in a crash when they ride in a rear-facing…